diff --git a/lib/connectionHandler.js b/lib/connectionHandler.js
index 8ae4a45..f421848 100644
--- a/lib/connectionHandler.js
+++ b/lib/connectionHandler.js
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ const connectionHandler = async (connection) => {
 
   if ((typeof connection === 'object') && (!(connection instanceof Connection) && !(connection instanceof Pool))) {
     debug('creating connection from object:', connection);
-    if (connection.isPool) {
+    if (connection.config) {
+      connection = mysql.createConnection(connection.config);
+    } else if (connection.isPool) {
       connection = mysql.createPool(connection);
     } else {
       connection = mysql.createConnection(connection);